2012-13 Physical Science Term 2A

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Physical Science hour 4

O.5 Credit Class


phy sci syllabus 2A.docx



  1. popcorn in class: 20.1 Electric Charge and Static Electricity
  2. answer questions 1-10
  3. go to http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics
  4. and complete the worksheet
    Balloons & Travolta Activity.doc
  5. watch Bill Nye on Static and take notes (saw, heard, learned, knew and was confirmed)
  6. Popcorn 20.2 Electric Current and Ohm's Law
  7. after reading the selection and completing the end of section questions, work in table groups on the following items:
    023 Ohms Law Worksheet 2.pdf
    ohms law math sheet.docx
  8. once you have finished the worksheets create a 10 question worksheet (we will exchange them with different groups)
  9. go to http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics and complete the worksheet Batteries, Circuits and Ohms

  10. read the section 20.3 Electric Circuits in table groups and complete the end of section questions
  11. View Bill Nye overview of circuits
    Series and Parallel Circuits Basics.doc

  13. circuit exploration.doc
  14. View series and parallel circuits
  15. Practice drawing circuits
    Circuit drawing worksheet.doc
  16. use your KSA to create working circuits using the supplies in the maker space in the classroom. You will need both construct the working circuits and diagram them using the appropriate symbols. You need to complete and diagram 2 series circuits, 1 parallel (2 column) circuit, 1 parallel (4 column) circuit.
  17. Read 20.4 Electric Devices
  18. complete the end of section questions
  19. complete the quick research on an electric device (1 class period only to do this!)
    Super quick electronic device investigation.docx
  20. Complete the even questions of the chapter review
  21. Complete these review activities
    Ohm's and Circuits 05.doc
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    vocabulary electricity.doc
    electricity crossword puzzle.doc
  22. TAKE THE UNIT TEST

If you are unable to access the textbook in class, please check out equivalent readings at
electricity flex book


Information for current events research==
Article Review Sheet.doc


Electricity News -- ScienceDaily